Snipers are some of the unheralded heroes on the Nigerian army thanks to the secret nature of their operations.
Sniping is not all about shooting and killing. It may suprise many to know that the first job of a sniper is to gather lifetime information of the battlefield.
Snipers are trained to remain perfectly still for hours or days on end when in position, and remain invisible to enemies. During the battle for Konduga, snipers were deployed to give overwatch for Nigerian troops preparing to move into Kunduga after days
..of sustained artillery bombardment. Now get this, one sniper remained on the same spot, the same position for two days. To urinate he dug a hole between his legs. Of course it gets to the point where you do need a poop. You cant really move. You have to keep eye on the scope.
They work as a pair..so..details on how they solve the problem not really necessary. So thats how important snipers are.
Nigerian snipers are reputed to be among the best trained and best armed in the world. Trained by Special Forces troops of the California Army National Guard who were in Nigeria to train a newly formed AFSF infantry battalion designed specifically to counter Boko Haram.
It was a first for the U.S. Army. Now, U.S. troops have previously trained Nigerian battalions in the past, but this time the Nigerian army requested full spectrum operational training for its new 650 man Sniper battalion for the AFSF.
Relationss between Nigeria and the U.S was actually pretty good, until Obama decided Nigeria's refusal to accept an LGBTQ culture was a gross human rights violations. Relations went downhill fast. The Training program was terminated as Obama blocked Nigeria-Israeli arms deal.
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